\u201cDad, I\u2019m really going to miss visiting Nana Jean and looking through her picture albums with her,\u201d David said sadly. \u201cShe visited so many interesting places and told such fascinating stories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI know, son,\u201d Dad replied. \u201cMy grandmother certainly made the most of this life, while still looking forward to the next.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNana Jean gave her life to Christ many years ago,\u201d Dad responded. \u201cJust a little older than you are now, actually. And she spent the rest of her life living to serve Him any way she could. So she will spend eternity with Him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut we just buried her,\u201d David said. \u201cHow is she going to live another life?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dad smiled. \u201cI like the way Job explained it when he said, \u2018As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth\u2019 (19:25). This refers to Christ returning to reign on this earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut the next verse answers your question: \u2018Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God; whom I myself shall behold, and whom my eyes will see .\u202f.\u202f.\u2019 (vv.\u202f26, 27). Nana Jean will live again with God when He brings her back to life in her new body in the eternal kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
David thought about his great-grandmother and how she lived her life. \u201cSo, why was Nana Jean so sure she would live again and see Jesus? I know she went to church every week and read her Bible every day. Is that how she gets into the next life?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot exactly,\u201d Dad replied. \u201cLet me see how I can explain this. You know how you loved to visit Nana Jean and listen to her stories and eat her amazing cookies?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
David nodded. \u201cYeah, I\u2019m going to miss those stories and<\/em> those cookies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, are the stories and cookies why you loved her?\u201d Dad asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf course not! I loved Nana Jean because she loved me and made me feel so special. The cookies and stories were extra.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo Nana Jean will be in the kingdom because she loved God and His Son Jesus and made Jesus Lord of her life. Then, because she loved Him so much, she wanted<\/em> to spend time reading His Word, praying, going to church to be with others who loved Him, and serving Him in any way she could. Those things didn\u2019t get her into His kingdom. There\u2019s only one way in, and that is to accept His sacrifice for your sins. But once you\u2019ve done that, you\u2019ll want to get to know Him through His Word and prayer. Just like you wanted to spend time with Nana Jean because you loved her so much, not because she made cookies and shared her adventures with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDad, I want to ask Jesus to forgive my sins and be Lord of my life. Will you pray with me?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cDad, I\u2019m really going to miss visiting Nana Jean and looking through her picture albums with her,\u201d David said sadly. \u201cShe visited so many interesting places and told such fascinating stories.\u201d \u201cI know, son,\u201d Dad replied. \u201cMy grandmother certainly made the most of this life, while still looking forward to the next.\u201d \u201cWhat do you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1576,"featured_media":32067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2598],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n